Hawaiian Cook Book - (HI) $30,501

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Exotic fruits and vegetables, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and taxpayer money: the ingredients for a federally funded cook book. If only Washington politicians could find the recipe to balance the budget and stop wasteful spending. Thanks to a USDA grant, a Hawaiian agency will create a cookbook that uses Hawaiian specialty crops as ingredients. The cookbook will feature recipes that "create flavor and sweet sensation." The project staff expects to print 6,000 books to motivate readers who are concerned with limiting their use of sugar to purchase more of Hawaii's specialty crop produce.

Exotic fruits and vegetables, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and taxpayer money: the ingredients for a federally funded cook book. If only Washington politicians could find the recipe to balance the budget and stop wasteful spending. Thanks to a USDA grant, a Hawaiian agency will create a cookbook that uses Hawaiian specialty crops as ingredients. The cookbook will feature recipes that "create flavor and sweet sensation." The project staff expects to print 6,000 books to motivate readers who are concerned with limiting their use of sugar to purchase more of Hawaii's specialty crop produce.